Grow Beautiful Indoor Plants In Water

This has to be one of my favorite ways to grow indoor plants: in water!

I love to bring nature into our home in every possible way, however, it is not always easy to keep our growing number of indoor plants well watered, especially when life gets busy! After some testing and fine-tuning, I am excited to share with you this simple method to grow house plants that works wonders … This might just be the easiest and most foolproof way to grow indoor plants: in glass bottles filled with water!

All these plants can also be rooted easily from stem cuttings.

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Glass bottles make it so easy to see when the plants need water. Once a month or two, I sprinkle a little All Purpose Organic Plant Fertilizer in the water. ( Some of the helful resources are affiliate links. Full disclosure here. )

This is great for me because I have a black thumb! My husband is the gardener in my house! I do have an outdoor basil plant that I have been able to keep alive for almost six months so that’s a major success for me!

Hi Ananda. This is such an eye opener for me. Thank you! Pearl and Jade is known as money plant in parts of India and it comes with an urban legend of sorts; you got it– that it brings in money:) So you will see a few of these growing in glass bottles in Indian homes. But the rest of the plants—I had no idea. Here in Doha, the heat is so intense that maintaining indoor plants become a full time occupation. I’m definitely trying out sweet potato vine. And now I can finally use all the glass bottles I’ve held on to, you know the pretty ones:)

hi judy! great question! the roots do not need light, so an opaque container such as a tin can works well too. i use glass because it is easier to see when the water needs to be replenished and fun to see the roots =)

I have three varieties of plants –calathea, pothos and Chinese bamboo all sharing one big, roomy vase with a slightly narrow mouth where I also put in six sword tails. They have been there for more than a year and I have had nine baby sword tails since. The plants are thriving though some of the baby fish have been eaten by the older ones. My maid changes the water every four or five days, siphoning it off and adding fresh water. My guests gasp when they see the aflora nd fauna together in the opaque vase!

Other easy to care for and propagate plants are Christmas cactus, Orchid cactus, and Hoya. All can be rooted in water and then planted. Many succulents will self root if a leaf breaks of and falls in the soil. I have also propagated cuttings from roses, forsythia, rosemary, and snowball viburnum by rooting in water and then planting. Roses and rosemary cuttings can also propagate by just pushing the cutting into the soil and letting nature go from there. I have gone both ways.

Thank you for sharing so many great ideas. When rooting in water, I more than I would like to say, gets slummy with a and can have a bad sewage smell. Some a couple days other maybe more. I use clean water and clean jars to which I change the water out every two or three days but I can forget . Do you have a routine you do in regards to water change ? I love my plants and yes I do have way too many but that smell ! Help please ??

hi lori, whenever the water smells bad, it most likely means that the plants are not rooting successfully. i would start with new cuttings. some plants are just much harder to root in water. all my plants that do root never smell bad, and i rarely need to change water. 🙂

hi cathy, nurseries and garden centers like homedepot usually carry them . the ornamental ones are easier to grow than edible ones but you could start a slip from a sweet potato ( organic untreated ) =)

I am excited about the fiddle leaf fig….YES they are gorgeous!!!Thanks for the info about propagating….cant wait to try!!! My question is about Lavender? Have you any knowledge of Lavender? I have tried from seed, with little luck….bought plants and they died:( Any suggestions? It is such a beautiful plant and so aromatic….. Thanks for your time!!!

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Hello and welcome! I'm Ananda, a home and garden designer, artist, and lifestyle blogger in Southern California. When I started this blog in 2014, I never thought it would grow from 0 to over a million monthly views in just 3 years. I hope A Piece Of Rainbow becomes your trusted resource and good friend for living creatively and loving each delicious moment of life. Read More…